Why do bad things happen to good people

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Why do bad things happen to good people
The Law of Karma
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"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth
pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled."   - Bible
Matthew (518) "Put not off from day to day and
from cycle to cycle, is the belief that ye will
succeed in obtaining the mysteries when ye return
to the world in another cycle."   - Jesus Christ
in the Gnostic Gospels Pistis Sophia"All souls
are subject to revolution but men do not know
the ways of the Holy One They are ignorant of
the way they have been judged in all time, before
they came into this world and when they have
quitted it."   - Zohar (Kabbalah) "Every
soul... comes into the world strengthened by the
victories or weakened by the defeats of its'
previous life. Its' place in this world as a
vessel appointed to honor or dishonor, is
determined by its' previous merits or demerits.
Its' work in this world determines its' place in
the world which is to follow this."   -
Origen"In other worlds I lingered through the
length of many nightsAnd God alone can ever
know how great the sorrow of soul I saw -In
Brooksvalin, where souls are subject to the
cosmic cause of judgment."   - Scandinavian
"Song of Olaf Ostensen"We never made for any
mortal before thee immortality Every soul shall
taste of death! We will test them with evil and
good, as a trial unto us shall they return
again and again"   - Koran "The individual
self, augmented by its' aspirations, sense
contact, visual impressions and delusion, assumes
successive forms in accordance with it's actions
So it is that we live in accordance with our
deep, driving desire. It is this desire at the
time of death that determines what our next life
is to be. We will come back to Earth to work out
the satisfaction of that desire."   -
Svetasvtara Upanishad
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Krishna is Sat - Cit - Ananda
Eternal
Full of knowledge
Blissful

• Jiva The spirit soul is also
• Sat cit Ananda

Then why are we suffering ??
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Five Major Topics in Bhagavad-Gita
2.Jiva (Living Entity)
1. ISVARA (GOD)
3. Prakriti (Material Nature)
4.Kala (Time)
5. Karma (Activity)
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Prakriti The Material Nature

• Consists of millions of universes
• A fraction of the total creation

• Material nature is dukhalayam ashashvatam B.G.
• Spiritual world is Vaikuntha (free of misery,
  dullness)

Why did the Lord create the material world ??

• Compared to a prison house. A facility provided
  for the rebellious souls, giving them an
  opportunity to reform themselves

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• Provides the soul with a body in the 8400000
  species of life

• 400,000 - Humanoid species
• 900,000 In Water (aquatics)
• 2,000,000 Plants

• 1,000,000 Avians
• 3,000,000 Animals
• etc

• Different bodies provide different levels of
  consciousness just like different cells in the
  prison
• A- Class Cell, B-Class Cell C-Class cell

• Binds the body with the three modes of nature

Durga Ga get out durg very difficult to get
out
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Three Modes of Material Nature
Sattva Guna Mode of Goodness
Rajo Guna Mode of Passion
Tamo Guna Mode of Ignorance

• Madness
• Laziness
• Sleep
• Intoxication

• Unlimited desires
• Fruitive activity
• Attraction between man and woman

• Knowledge
• Free from sins
• Conditioned by sense of happiness

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• Food in Mode of Goodness
• B.G.17.8 ayuh sattva balarogya.
• Food that increases life span Heart becomes
  purified
• Gives strength, health, happiness and
  satisfaction
• Such foods are juicy, wholesome, and pleasing to
  the heart

Food in Mode of Ignorance
Food in Mode of Passion

• B.G.17.9 katv-amla-lavanaty.
• Foods that cause distress, misery and ill-health
• Such foods are too bitter, too sour, salty, very
  hot, pungent, dry and burning

• B.G.17.9 yata yaman gata rasam
• Food that are
• Prepared more than 3 hrs before being eaten
• Induces lethargy, etc
• Consisting of remnants,

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The Conditioned Soul

• All living beings in the material world are
  conditioned by the three modes

• The soul comes in contact with a particular mode
  of material nature and acts accordingly, being
  conditioned

• We seek happiness on the material platform
  according to the modes we are conditioned by

• We are forced to act helplessly according to the
  impulses born of the modes of nature

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• Thus our pure spiritual nature is perverted by
  the impure desires, born of the three modes

• In this way the soul is forced to take birth in
  this material world again and again

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KAALA (TIME FACTOR)

• In B.G. Krishna says, Kaalo smi I am Time

• Time is Krishnas Energy

• Most Powerful force in the material world.
  Amongst all killers time is the ultimate.

• Time causes transformation in the prakriti
• - Cycle of Universe
• - Six Transformations

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KARMA (ACTIVITY)
Definition Activities performed by the living
entities conditioned by the three modes, under
the control and purview of time
THE LAW OF KARMA For every action there is an
equal and opposite reaction

• We are accountable for everything we think, speak
  or do
• Therefore we must be aware of the consequences
  of all the activities that we perform.

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Preliminary knowledge of the LAW OF KARMA
Krishna Says, Gahana Karmano gati It is
very difficult to understand the law of karma

• Laws of Karma are relative

• Good Karma Virtuous Activity

• Bad Karma Sinful Activity

The four pillars of sinful life
1. Illicit Sex
2. Intoxication
3. Gambling
4. Meat Eating

• Regulatory concession given does not mean free
  license to engage in sinful activity

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Contd Preliminary knowledge of the LAW OF KARMA

• Applicable only to human species

• Instant and delayed Karma
• eg. Sow a mustard seed get a fruit in a month
• sow a coconut seed and get a fruit in 20
  years

• Individual and collective karma

The wheels of God grind slowly but exceedingly
fine

• Ignorance of the law is no cause to escape
  reaction

• If everything is predestined then why work ?

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Contd Preliminary knowledge of the LAW OF KARMA

• Good and bad karma do not cancel each other

• Good and bad karma are both binding

• TO ESCAPE REACTION, A-KARMA MUST BE PERFORMED

LIFE IS A PREPARATION
DEATH IS THE EXAMINATION
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF KARMA
TYPE ACTIVITY
Karma As per scriptural
(PIOUS) directions
Vi-karma Against scriptural directions
(SINFUL)
A-karma For which one does not
suffer any reaction
Eg. Soldier fighting on behalf of the country